[PLUG] Java on Debian

[Carla Schroder]

On Wednesday 14 December 2005 01:12, Robert Kopp wrote:
> A fairly up-to-date reference gives the following
> instructions for installing JRE on Debian:
>
>     * Grab:
> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
>     * apt-get install java-package fakeroot
>     * fakeroot make-jpkg jre-1_5_0_02-linux-i586.bin
>     * dpkg -i sun-j2re1.5_1.5.0+update02_i386.deb
>     * logout and login again and check java
>     * java -version
>
> I have done #1. But, at least for stable, I can't find
> "java-package." Has it been superseded by
> "java-common?" Or is this writer on the wrong track?
>

It's there, in Contrib:

http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=java&searchon=names&subword=1&version=stable&release=all
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